Recent Posts: Brain Popcorn

Happy Holidays, all! I apologize for my few months of silence, and my excuses include learning a new role at the New England Museum Association, where I am the new Director of Engagement, running an annual conference, and being out of the country on my honeymoon (reflections on traveling in Japan and lessons I gained […]

When the Museum Education Roundtable had our annual forum last week, featuring Keonna Hendrick and Marit Dewhurst speaking on “Dismantling Racism in Museums,” none of us knew that by this week, the events in Charlottesville and the fallout thereof would be bringing the discussion of racism, not to mention monuments, memorials, history, voice, and tolerance […]

If you missed my webinar yesterday on creative writing for museum professionals, you can catch up now with the recording and download a pdf of the slides, available for free on the NEMA website. You can also watch it directly below, or just have a look at the slideshow without my narration.

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Margaret Winikates is a writer and museum educator from Boston, MA. She writes poetry and fiction as well as Brain Popcorn, a blog on interdisciplinary education. Meg has also been a contributing writer to the Peabody Essex Museum blog, Connected. She majored in English Literature and Language at Harvard University and studied poetry and composition with Peter Sacks and Douglas Powell. She currently lives in Northampton, MA, works for the New England Museum Association, is a board member and editorial team co-chair for the Museum Education Roundtable, and is a member of the Leadership Council for MassCreative.